In light of continued concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, including current government restrictions and limitations on large gatherings and travel restrictions, both domestically and internationally, RFID Journal has decided to postpone its annual RFID Journal LIVE! face-to-face event to September 2021. Originally slated to take place on April 27-29, the conference and exhibition will now be held from Sunday, Sept. 26, to Tuesday, Sept. 28, at Arizona’s Phoenix Convention Center. This date change is designed to provide participating brands and companies with enough time to effectively plan their participation during these challenging times.
“Our community is incredibly eager to come together again in person. After consulting with key exhibitors and surveying past attendees, we made the decision to secure dates in late September in order to maximize success for the event for all of our customers,” says Mark Roberti, RFID Journal’s founder and editor. “We want to build on the success of our virtual event in October 2020, and we feel the additional time will allow both exhibitors and attendees of LIVE! more time to make plans to participate in the event.”
RFID Journal’s mission, since its founding in 2002, has been to educate companies on how to use radio frequency identification and other Internet of Things technologies to improve the way they do business. RFID Journal LIVE! provides three days of education with more than 100 sessions and certification training, as well as access to more than 150 of the world’s top RFID solution providers.
“For nearly two decades, RFID Journal LIVE! has been the global gathering place for potential users of RFID, sellers, researchers and others,” Roberti says. “The pandemic prevented us from holding a physical event in 2020, but the entire community is eager to get back to business, and we are looking to enable that by moving the event to September.”
Event information will be updated promptly at rfidjournallive.com, and further announcements regarding the Sept. 26-28, 2021, edition will be posted in due course. In the meantime, stay safe and be well.